The Panther baseball team swept a double header from Central
Minnesota Christian Tuesday at Tracy. The games were shortened to
4 innings each due to impending darkness by the coach's mutual
consent. The scores were: 17-0 and 8-5. The games were moved from
Prinsburg to Tracy when it was decided that the Prinsburg field
was too wet to play on. The wins improved the Panther's season
record to 4-0 and they are now 4-0 in the 212 Conference.

Derek Rignell pitched the first three innings of the first
game and got the win. He faced 12 hitters giving up no runs on no
hits while striking out 5 and walking 3. Scott LaVoy pitched the
final inning and gave up no runs and only one hit.

Scott LaVoy started the second game on the mound for T/M/B and
faced 9 hitters giving up 5 runs (all earned) on 5 hits while
striking out none and walking 2. Adam Schmidt came on and
finished the game while shutting out the Blue Jays and giving up
only 2 hits while facing 12 hitters. He garnered 6 strikeouts and
walked 1 hitter.

The Panthers got 5 hits in the second game to account for
their 8 runs. Hits were recorded by Skoblik, Brady Schmidt,
LaVoy, Kathman and John Hay. Kathman had 2 RBI's.

Tracksters show more improvement, home
meet Tuesday

The Panther boys were sixth and the girls were third in the
Fulda Invitational Track Meet held in Slayton Tuesday.

"I thought we put together our best effort thus far this
season," said Panther Coach Steve Jones. "The girls
relay teams ran exceptionally well as did the distance runners.
Our boys team continues to do well despite the numbers problem we
suffer from."

"I feel very optimistic after watching the kids really
get after it today," commented Jones. "I am
anticipating this kind of team effort next Tuesday at the Panther
II Invitational."

SSU hits 21 home runs in 4 games on
Tracy field

The Southwest State University baseball team used the Tracy
high School field to play four games on Friday and Saturday of
last week, winning doubleheaders against Northern State
University of Aberdeen, South Dakota 5-2 and 22-5 Friday and the
University of Minnesota Morris 24-3 and 19-1 Saturday.

The Mustangs won all four games, with freshman Mike Negen,
Blomkest, throwing a no-hitter in the second game on Saturday.
SSU won the first game Saturday 24-3 and the second 19-1 with the
lone Morris run scoring on a walk, error, ground out and a wild
pitch. Matt Tiggas went 7 for 9 at the plate in the double header
with 4 home runs and 12 RBI's.

Windy conditions and the shorter high school field fences
contributed to 21 Mustang homeruns in two days. SSU is now 13-7
for the season and 6-0 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference.